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T.H.E. Journal July 27, 2010 |
A Tool for Its Time A new functionality has so transformed learning management systems that their manufacturers prefer the term digital learning platform, to better reflect their products' capacity to do a great deal more than manage a classroom. |
HHMI Bulletin Feb 2012 |
Raising Their Game When done right professional development can make a real difference for students. |
T.H.E. Journal September 9, 2009 Dian Schaffhauser |
Which Came First - The Technology or the Pedagogy? A new spin on an old riddle goes to the heart of a conflict between K-12 schools and the colleges of education responsible for cultivating and providing them with new teachers. |
T.H.E. Journal March 2009 Charlene O'Hanlon |
Resistance is Futile Even as technology use grows embedded in education, some teachers still prefer the old ways. |
T.H.E. Journal November 5, 2009 Scott Aronowitz |
How Can American Education Compete Globally? Motoko Akiba and Gerald LeTendre published a book, entitled Improving Teacher Quality: The U.S. Teaching Force in Global Context, in which they make the argument that the way to improve U.S. teachers' quality is to overhaul the way teachers are recruited, trained, and hired. |
T.H.E. Journal November 1, 2010 |
2020 Vision: Experts Forecast What the Digital Revolution Will Bring Next A discussion about how far we've come in education technology, and where we can expect to go. |
T.H.E. Journal July 2007 Mary Ann Wolf |
Systemic School Reform :: A Guiding Hand A systemic approach to school reform demands leaders with vision, who understand how every step of their efforts fits together to support teachers and benefit students. |
T.H.E. Journal June 2001 Keith Oelrich |
Virtual Schools A 21st-century strategy for teacher professional development... |
InternetNews April 7, 2009 David Needle |
Teachers Driving Web 2.0 Adoption? A new survey indicates teachers are leading the charge to get more Web 2.0 services into the classroom. |
T.H.E. Journal May 14, 2009 Ruth Reynard |
Technology's Impact on Learning Outcomes: Can It Be Measured? The ongoing debate on the effectiveness of technology use for student learning outcomes still seems to have no clear answers. |
T.H.E. Journal August 2005 Carole Eaton |
Sparking a Revolution in Teaching and Learning How one of Ohio's lowest-performing elementary schools used technology to raise its third-grade reading test scores by a whopping 124 percent. |
T.H.E. Journal December 2002 |
Polk Co. Schools Rely on Florida-Specific Assessment Tool to Develop Individual Learning Paths A unique assessment program in a large Florida school district has proven that a vision, commitment, comprehensive assessment and instructional technology strategy can yield dramatic gains in student achievement scores. |
T.H.E. Journal June 2009 |
Drill Down A new digital curriculum model allows teachers to choose their own instructional materials. The Speak Up 2008 survey gave students the power to handpick content for a new kind of online textbook. |
T.H.E. Journal September 2, 2009 Ruth Reynard |
5 Ways We're Diminishing Learning by Assuming Face-to-Face Instruction Is Best Face-to-face instruction is often assumed to be the proven method, while other methods have yet to prove themselves. This assumption is not only misleading, but it might also be helping to diminish potential opportunities of better learning for our students. |
T.H.E. Journal December 2001 Sylvia Charp |
Assessment and Accountability Tests are a means, not an end. To increase educational achievement, teachers should be responsible for judging student performance, giving out grades and deciding to pass or fail students... |
Job Journal April 20, 2008 |
Career Snapshot: School Teacher Our children are the future, and school teachers are entrusted with the responsibility of educating and inspiring them. |
T.H.E. Journal July 2005 Rigeman & McIntire |
Enhancing Curriculum and Instruction Through Technology Iowa school districts implement a technology-rich, research-based math program to meet the No Child Left Behind Act's (NCLB) Title II D: Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) goals. |
T.H.E. Journal November 2003 Chris Rother |
Technology's Value in Education A teacher survey reveals the importance of student access to computers and the need for more tech training. |
T.H.E. Journal June 2009 Jennifer Demski |
Free At Last By creating a user-generated, ever-growing library of original digital content, an Arizona school district has liberated its teachers from the restraints of a textbook-driven curriculum model. |
National Defense June 2008 Alan L. Gropman |
Waning Education Standards Threaten U.S. Competitiveness High-quality education is critical to national security, and the United States must address a number of challenges in its educational system if it wants to maintain a competitive edge in the global economy and in key technologies. |
T.H.E. Journal August 1999 Jody C. Isernhagen |
Technology: A Major Catalyst for Increasing Learning "If you can conceive of it, you can achieve it." (Kennedy Space Center, Florida) A rural Nebraska public school district adopted this philosophy when they applied for a three-year competitive Excellence in Education Grant in late 1995.... |
CIO September 14, 2012 Gary Beach |
Time to Pay It Forward for Better Educated IT Workers The author knows American students lag behind other countries in STEM and thinks McKinsey's 'Closing the Talent Gap' report may be on to something. Is it time we incentivize our best students to forgo the private sector for jobs in public education? |
T.H.E. Journal March 2006 Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
A Laptop for Every...Teacher! Is the laptop program good technology policy? It depends. |
T.H.E. Journal April 2009 Jennifer Demski |
Up Close and Virtual By adding web-based offerings to traditional in-person sessions, school districts can continue to provide support to teachers when face-to-face visits aren't possible. |
T.H.E. Journal January 20, 2010 Scott Aronowitz |
Video Game Prepares Texas District for State Test Austin Independent School District in Texas is expanding the use of the DimensionM educational video games to seven middle schools and 15 charter schools. |
T.H.E. Journal October 1, 2010 John K. Waters |
Dream On: Visionary Educators and Their Big Ideas The four educators we've chosen to spotlight as visionaries conceived, developed, and guided technology-driven initiatives perhaps initially thought to be impractical. |
T.H.E. Journal July 2005 John O'Connell & Gary Phye |
Creating Strategies for Improved Teaching and Learning Iowa relies on technology to tackle problems with teacher quality and student achievement. |
T.H.E. Journal February 2007 Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
Rethinking a National Curriculum An outrageous school board decision and a new congressional bill make nationwide standards sound a lot better. Maybe we do need a national curriculum. |
T.H.E. Journal May 1, 2010 Vanessa Hua |
A Strategy Worth Watching The Excellence in Teaching Project discards frivolous checklists in favor of a purposeful online, observation-based process of assessing teachers' performance. |
T.H.E. Journal June 2009 Christine Fox |
More Than Machines Comprehensive technology integration programs go beyond laptop initiatives to provide teachers with the support they need to improve student engagement and achievement. |
Fast Company November 2009 Elizabeth Svoboda |
Cellphonometry: Can Kids Really Learn Math From Smartphones? Schools are partnering with mobile-phone companies to help kids conquer math. Are smartphone-learning initiatives more than a corporate gimmick? |
T.H.E. Journal July 2008 David L. Silvernail |
Middle Schools : Maine : Laptops for All Since its launch, the Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI) has provided all of the state's middle school students, and their teachers, with laptop computers. |
T.H.E. Journal September 9, 2009 Joel Shore |
Profile :: Carla Wade Whether working at the classroom or state level, the former science teacher has shown a passion for teaching educators the most effective ways to integrate technology. |
T.H.E. Journal January 2003 Sylvia Charp |
Assessment and Accountability The No Child Left Behind Act requires the inclusion of all students in state assessment programs, and holds students and educators accountable for performance relative to state standards. However, a number of challenges still need to be addressed. |
T.H.E. Journal August 2006 Michelle Gamble-Risley |
Surviving Accountability: As Easy as AYP Data-driven strategies and personalized instruction are paving the way to higher test scores, one student at a time. |
T.H.E. Journal December 2007 Matt Bolch |
Custom-Built Curriculum Districts are abandoning textbooks and instead picking and choosing their own instructional materials that more closely align to new academic standards. |
T.H.E. Journal October 19, 2009 David Nagel |
Science Students Benefit from Teachers' Research Experience When high school and middle school science teachers engage in extracurricular research work, their students benefit. |
T.H.E. Journal April 2006 Lisa A. Petrides |
ISKME Special Series Part 3: Using Data to Improve Instruction Are you using the right tests? The correct assessment methods? The best technology? These are only a few of the issues that must be addressed in the effort to use data to change teacher practice. |
T.H.E. Journal June 2007 Susan Brooks-Young |
Are Document Cameras the Next Big Thing? The versatile projection technology could be the next recipient of that rarest of educational honors: ubiquitous classroom adoption. |
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2011 Dan Ferber |
Calling All Teachers This article focuses on preservice training -- training college students and graduates to be STEM teachers. |
D-Lib Mar/Apr 2011 Diekema et al. |
Teaching Use of Digital Primary Sources for K-12 Settings This paper describes learning outcomes of a three-day workshop on integrating primary sources into K-12 teaching. |
Teacher Magazine May 2000 David Hill |
He's Got Your Number "I turned down four speaking requests yesterday," says William Sanders, a professor at the University of Tennessee's school of agriculture and, oddly enough, the man who has created a controversial method of judging the effectiveness of teachers and schools.... |
Geotimes June 2005 Megan Sever |
Golfer Phil Mickelson on Science The golfer and his wife Amy recently partnered with ExxonMobil to create a week-long workshop to help third- through fifth-grade teachers gain the necessary tools to excite their students about math and science. |
D-Lib February 2009 Marcia A. Mardis |
Classroom Information Needs: Search Analysis from a Digital Library for Educators All too often, digital library developers create collections of resources in the absence of rigorous examinations of educator and learner needs. |
Information Today May 19, 2015 |
Credo Aids Students With Science Homework Help Credo added science resources to its Homework Help solution for reading, writing, and math. |
T.H.E. Journal April 2005 |
Mathematica To help schools better understand its product, Wolfram Teacher Network has begun signing up high school math and science teachers for its Mathematica Mentors Program. |
T.H.E. Journal July 2006 Mainwaring & Bergma |
South Carolina: Tech-Savvy Teachers South Carolina's innovative ePortfolio system is helping educators get up to speed on technology and become more comfortable integrating new tools into their classrooms. |
T.H.E. Journal May 2009 Dan Gordon |
Profile :: Steven Paine West Virginia's superintendent of schools argues that classroom technology use is at the core of 21st-century learning. |
T.H.E. Journal October 2004 Hofer, Chamberlin & Scot |
Fulfilling the Need for a Technology Integration Specialist A look at the current role of a school-based technology coordinator. |
T.H.E. Journal October 2005 Chris Rother |
Teachers Talk Tech The Teachers Talk Tech survey exposes a growing problem: Cash-strapped schools must choose between using computers as administrative or instructional tools. |